School: Druim an Easbuig
- Location:
- Droim an Easpaig, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Á. Ní Dhálaigh
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- (continued from previous page)addressed to Mrs Number Two and the only person who could read those letters was the little girl of four years old, who had never been to school, and all the letters conveyed the one message from some unknown person for Mrs Number Two to go alone to a certain place at midnight, which of course she had not the courage to do. Things seemed to get serious about Number One's.
Their Sunday clothes would be taken away during the week with the result that on a few occasions they had to borrow clothes from neighbours to attend Mass. Friends and visitors calling at Number One's residence would be stoned across the border in to the neighbouring parishes.
Finally Mr Number One was so annoyed that he spoke to the Parish priest about the happenings and asked him to visit the place and say Mass in the house.
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- Collector
- Sean Tormey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Droim an Easpaig, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- John Tormey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Droim an Easpaig, Co. an Chabháin
